IPC Magazines, which publishes TV Times, has joined the Cambridge interactive TV Trial and has begun to develop the world’s first interactive multimedia TV listings guide with the help of Online Media. IPC Magazines will be part of the Service Nursery which allows potential service providers to try out interactive TV to see whether it… Continue reading IPC To Launch Interactive TV Listings
The first unaudited circulation figures for the new magazines which launched this year have been released recently. Future Publishing which launched its Total Football magazine just one month before its rival, IPC’s Goal, seems to be just winning the circulation battle with an independent audit of 81,490 for the first issue. Goal magazine, however is… Continue reading Circulations – Total Football/Goal/Ikon/That’s Life
Rocketscience has announced that it is set to launch a new cable channel aimed solely at teenagers in the spring next year.A spokesman for Rocketscience said that Rapture is attempting to attract a target audience of 12-20 year olds with over 2000 hours worth of UK originated programming rather than imports and re-runs which are… Continue reading New Cable Channel For Teenagers
The Radio Authority has licensed its first Digital Audio Broadcasting multiplex provider, National Transcommunications Ltd (NTL). It has issued a restricted service licence to simulcast a showcase of West Midlands IR stations on both analogue and digital.NTL is launching its DAB system today at the Sound Broadcasting Equipment Show in Birmingham. The stations involved are… Continue reading Radio Authority Licences First Dab Provider
Nynex CableComms, the UK’s second largest cable company, has revealed pre- tax losses of £78.5m for the 9-months to September 1995, this is an increase of 51% on the previous year. Revenues for Television doubled to £26.4m, although the penetration rate decreased from 19.5% to 18.9%. The churn rate, subscribers that do not renew their… Continue reading Nynex Results
A new survey commissioned by the Radio Times has found that 49% of all businessmen either currently use the Internet or intend to use it in the future. The survey was conducted by RSL and involved a sample of 197 businessmen and women.Businessmen who read the Radio Times are more likely to be using the… Continue reading Half Of All Businessmen Intend To Use The Internet
BSkyB’s Sci-Fi Channel is publicising its European launch with its own Web site, the Dominion.The site includes press releases on the European launch, details of cable availability, and schedules, as well as information on many of the programmes being broadcast – Lee Majors’ and Lindsay Wagner’s Bionic pages are particularly worth a visit.http://www.scifi.com
This Monday saw the Daily Mirror’s cover price increase by one pence to 28p, however its sister publication the Sunday Mirror is staying the same at 55 pence.The Daily Express has also put up its cover price by 3 pence and is now the same price as its rival the Daily Mail at 35 pence.… Continue reading National Newspaper Cover Prices
CLT UK Radio has bought a 49% stake in Talk Radio from MVI, which last week bought out the other founder shareholders CanWest, Emmis Broadcasting and Hambros Group Investments. MVI now holds a 46% stake and Radio Investments 5%.Travis Baxter, managing director of CLT UK Radio has been appointed Managing Director of Talk Radio, he… Continue reading CLT Takes Stake In Talk Radio
